Not An Angel, Just A Woman

Domestic Abuse and The Significance of Space in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Netflix's Maid

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https://doi.org/10.33043/DLR.13.1.130-140

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domesticity, domestic abuse, reclamation, home, margins

Abstract

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë, was published in the Victorian period, and Netflix’s TV series Maid was released in 2021. Despite being from different time periods, both stories explore domestic abuse, particularly through the significance of space and environment. Both texts use their individual stories to explore the double meaning of space and the reclamation of domestic spaces, and to redefine what makes a home a home.

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Brontë, Anne. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. 2nd ed., T.C Newbey, 1848.

Maid. Created by Molly Smith Metzler. Netflix Original Series, 2021. Netflix, netflix.com.

Massey, Doreen. Space, Place, and Gender. U of Minnesota, 1994.

Parmore, Coventry. The Angel in the House. 1891. Project Gutenberg. www.gutenberg.org/files/4099/4099-h/4099-h.htm.1.3.5.

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Published

2026-04-10

How to Cite

Baugh, A. (2026). Not An Angel, Just A Woman: Domestic Abuse and The Significance of Space in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Netflix’s Maid. Digital Literature Review, 13(1), 130–140. https://doi.org/10.33043/DLR.13.1.130-140

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2026): Space Exploration: Examining How Physical and Theoretical Spaces Shape Us

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